khaki
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khaki
- /xɑki/ South Asia
- /kʰɑki/ South Asia
- /ˈkɑː.ki/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
- /ˈkæ.ki/ US
- /ˈkɑɹ.ki/ Canada
- /ˈkɑː.ki/ Canada
- /ˈkæ.ki/ Canada
Sounds like car key (most non-rhotic accents, Canada with /ɑɹ/), cocky (with /ɑ/ and father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɑːki, -æki, -ɑː(ɹ)ki
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).
Noun sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.
noun khakis · khakies · carkee · carky · karkey · khakee
- A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. When you've shouted "Rule Britannia", when you've sung "God Save The Queen", When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouth; Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine For a gentleman in khaki ordered South?
- Khaki green, a dull green colour. 1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54. The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10.
- A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
- A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
- A British person. "Frank, it's a khaki," I whisper, "keep straight on."
- Khaki clothing or uniform. 1915 Out West magazine The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat.
adjective more khaki · most khaki · carkee · carky · karkey · khakee
- Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: colored, chromatic, tan, tawny, beige, fawn, mousy brown, caramel, kendal green, brown, wheaten, linen, tumbleweed, puke, sepia, dusty rose
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noun yellowish-brown colour
| Español | caqui |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 카키색 kakisaek |
| 日本語 | カーキ色 kāki-iro |
| 中文 | 卡其色 kǎqísè, 黃褐色 /黄褐色 huánghèsè |
| हिन्दी | ख़ाकी xākī |
| Português | cáqui, caqui |
| Deutsch | Kaki, Khaki |
| Italiano | cachi |
| Română | kaki |
| Русский | ха́ки xáki, цвет ха́ки cvet xáki |
| Tiếng Việt | màu kaki |
| עברית | חָקִי khakí |
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title = {khaki},
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